Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Vijnana YogaChapter 7, Shloka 22 (7.22)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्या राधनमीहते
लभते च ततः कामान् मयैव विहितान् हि तान्
॥ 7.22 ॥
sa tayā śraddhayā yuktastasyā rādhanamīhate
labhate ca tataḥ kāmān mayaiva vihitān hi tān
Translation
"Endowed with that faith, he worships that (form of the deity), and from it obtains the things he desires — which in truth are given by me alone."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya — on the word-division "hitān". Mayaiva parameśvareṇa sarvajñena karma-phala-vibhāga-jñatayā vihitān nirmitān — I, the all-knowing Supreme Lord, knowing how the fruits of action are to be apportioned, ordained those fruits. A grammatical note: hitān iti padacchede hitatvaṃ kāmānām upacaritaṃ kalpyam, na hi kāmā hitāḥ kasyacit — if instead of "vihitān hi tān" one reads "vi-hitān" (beneficial), "beneficial" must be taken in a secondary sense, because desires are never truly beneficial to anyone.
Acharya Ramanuja. Mat-tanu-bhūtendrādi-devatārādhanāt — from worshipping Indra and the others, who are my body; yadyapi ārādhana-kāle indrādayo madīyāḥ tanavaḥ … iti na jānāti tathāpi tasya vastuto mad-ārādhanatvād ārādhakābhilaṣitam aham eva vidadhāmi — though the worshipper does not know that Indra and the others are my body, in truth it is worship of me, and so it is I who fulfil his wish.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.